The 2004 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament was the eleventh edition of the CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament, the quadrennial, international, age-restricted football tournament organised by CONCACAF to determine which men's under-23 national teams from the North, Central America and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament. It was held in Mexico, from 2 and 12 February 2004.
Host nation, Mexico, won the title after a 1–0 win over Costa Rica in the final. As the top two teams, Mexico and Costa Rica both qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Greece as the CONCACAF representatives. Qualification
Qualified teams The following teams qualified for the final tournament. Zone Country Method of qualification Appearance1 Last appearance Previous best performancePrevious Olympic appearances(last)North America (hosts) Automatic 8th 2000 Winners (1964, 1972, 1976, 1996) 8 (1996) Second round winners 5th 2000 Runners-up (1984, 1996) 3 (1984) Second round winners 7th 2000 Winners (1988, 1992) 13 (2000)Central America Second round winners 3rd 2000 Fourth place (1964) 0 (title holders) Second round winners 3rd 2000 Winners (2000, 2008) 1 (2000) Second round winners 5th 1996 Winners (1980, 1984) 2 (1984)Caribbean Second round winners 3rd 1996 Fourth place (1972, 1996) 0 Second round winners 4th 1996 Runners-up (1968) 0 1 Only final tournament.
Venues Two cities served as the venues for tournament. GuadalajaraZapopan Estadio Jalisco Estadio Tres de Marzo Capacity: 55,110 Capacity: 18,779
Squads
Group stage Group A
Group B
Knockout stage All match times listed are CDT (UTC−5), as listed by CONCACAF. Bracket
Semi-finals The semi-final winners qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Third place play-off
Final
Statistics Goalscorers Awards The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. + Best XIGoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards Adrián De Lemos Aarón Galindo Francisco Rodríguez Michael Umaña Bobby Convey Jose López López Diego Martínez Luis Ernesto Pérez Landon Donovan Rafael Márquez Lugo Emil Martínez
Final ranking
Qualified teams for Summer Olympics The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Team Qualified onPrevious appearances in Summer Olympics1 (1904, 1984) (1928, 1948, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1992, 1996) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
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